Petrúšek, Ivan & Kudrnáč, Aleš. 2023. „Czech Republic: Political Developments and Data in 2022: Parallel Crises Give the New Government No Time to Waste.“. European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook. Roč. 62, č. 1 (2023), s. 112-122. ISSN 2047-8844. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/2047-8852.12404
The war in Ukraine dominated Czech politics in 2022. The Cabinet of Petr Fiala militarily and politically supported the Ukrainian defence efforts against the Russian adversary. Fiala visited Ukraine twice in 2022 (being the first Western leader, along with the Slovenian and Polish prime ministers, to meet with Zelensky in Kyiv on 15 March). Senate and local elections occurred in the autumn. Fiala’s party (Civic Democratic Party, ODS) had the strongest showing in the Senate election, while the ANO party of the previous Prime Minister Andrej Babiš suffered a defeat.Babiš was acquitted in a long-lasting subsidy fraud case and began campaigning for the January 2023 presidential election. Domestically, the double-digit inflation, increasing public debt and energy supply routes were the crucial issues that led to several big anti-government protests. The Czech Republic presided over the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2022.
